events: Make trace events happen at the right priority.
[gem5.git] / src / python / m5 / __init__.py
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27 # Authors: Nathan Binkert
28 # Steve Reinhardt
29
30 import os
31 import sys
32
33 import smartdict
34
35 # define a MaxTick parameter
36 MaxTick = 2**63 - 1
37
38 # define this here so we can use it right away if necessary
39
40 def errorURL(prefix, s):
41 try:
42 import zlib
43 hashstr = "%x" % zlib.crc32(s)
44 except:
45 hashstr = "UnableToHash"
46 return "For more information see: http://www.m5sim.org/%s/%s" % \
47 (prefix, hashstr)
48
49
50 # panic() should be called when something happens that should never
51 # ever happen regardless of what the user does (i.e., an acutal m5
52 # bug).
53 def panic(fmt, *args):
54 print >>sys.stderr, 'panic:', fmt % args
55 print >>sys.stderr, errorURL('panic',fmt)
56 sys.exit(1)
57
58 # fatal() should be called when the simulation cannot continue due to
59 # some condition that is the user's fault (bad configuration, invalid
60 # arguments, etc.) and not a simulator bug.
61 def fatal(fmt, *args):
62 print >>sys.stderr, 'fatal:', fmt % args
63 print >>sys.stderr, errorURL('fatal',fmt)
64 sys.exit(1)
65
66 # force scalars to one-element lists for uniformity
67 def makeList(objOrList):
68 if isinstance(objOrList, list):
69 return objOrList
70 return [objOrList]
71
72 # Prepend given directory to system module search path. We may not
73 # need this anymore if we can structure our config library more like a
74 # Python package.
75 def AddToPath(path):
76 # if it's a relative path and we know what directory the current
77 # python script is in, make the path relative to that directory.
78 if not os.path.isabs(path) and sys.path[0]:
79 path = os.path.join(sys.path[0], path)
80 path = os.path.realpath(path)
81 # sys.path[0] should always refer to the current script's directory,
82 # so place the new dir right after that.
83 sys.path.insert(1, path)
84
85 # make a SmartDict out of the build options for our local use
86 build_env = smartdict.SmartDict()
87
88 # make a SmartDict out of the OS environment too
89 env = smartdict.SmartDict()
90 env.update(os.environ)
91
92 # Since we have so many mutual imports in this package, we should:
93 # 1. Put all intra-package imports at the *bottom* of the file, unless
94 # they're absolutely needed before that (for top-level statements
95 # or class attributes). Imports of "trivial" packages that don't
96 # import other packages (e.g., 'smartdict') can be at the top.
97 # 2. Never use 'from foo import *' on an intra-package import since
98 # you can get the wrong result if foo is only partially imported
99 # at the point you do that (i.e., because foo is in the middle of
100 # importing *you*).
101 try:
102 import internal
103 except ImportError:
104 internal = None
105
106 import defines
107 build_env.update(defines.buildEnv)
108
109 if internal:
110 defines.compileDate = internal.core.compileDate
111 for k,v in internal.core.__dict__.iteritems():
112 if k.startswith('flag_'):
113 setattr(defines, k[5:], v)
114
115 from event import *
116 from simulate import *
117 from main import options, main
118 import stats
119 import core
120
121 import SimObject
122 import params
123 import objects